Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-06-30

GQ0 M1QQe6OCa Q6legatlOu, WHICH, StATL6 III
q special car, via. the Burlington Route, Z
July IL, leaving Minneapolis at 8 o'clock
p. M, and St. Paul at $40.
The Dakota headquarters will be at the
fremont House, where all are requested
to report upon arrival.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL
From Thursdays Daily.
j. Elliott and M. Skertis, Spiritwood,
are registered at the Capital house
G. N. Bronson, one OF LaMoure's pros
porous merchants, is in the city for a few
days.
Attorney Watson has returned from
St. Paul, where he has been for few
days.
d. II. Francis, w. Syverson, s. and G.
w. Posey and Miss Amanda Hunter, are
a Corinne delegation at the Capital house.
Miss MIN Klotzbach, of Independence
la, sister of Mrs. Otto Wonnenberg, ar
rived yesterday for visit with her
friends
Mrs. Frank Green, wife OF Supt. Green,
OF Mandan, has been visiting in the city
few days with her friend, Mrs. Dr.. Ar
chbald.
AZ Charles Mix county snake artist
named eau ghland recently dug into a
nest of 165 snakes on his farm. He has
fled ahidavits with the official editor Of
the county
Minot Tribune: Ordway Johnson, who
il. constructing the NJ & N. branch from
Aberdeen to Bismarck, says that it is q
fact that the road win be extended to
Coal Harbor from Bismarck, and from
Minot to Coal Harbor this season.
The ladies Of the Episcopal church will
give an afternoon and evening sociable
at the Armory on the 4th. There will be
ice cream, cake. coffee and sandwiches.
The afternoon from four o'clock and the
evening has been decided upon for the
entertainment. Every one is cordially
invited to attend.
A Mormon colony is preparing to settle
in Harding, Burdick and Ewing counties
Dakota. These counties are in the ex.
treme northwest of South Dakota, lying
between the Black Hills and the forty
sixth parallel. The colony numbers 800
are mostly Swiss peasants, and are nov
on their way across the ocean.
The steadily falling rain that began
Wednesday morning and continued at IN.
tervals during the day made every one
feel jubilant. A great deal Of water fell
and the ground got it's first good soaking
this year, in this vicinity. The extent OF
the rain fall was wide, reports from all
over the northern portion Of the territory
showing good showers.
Express Agent Graves has received no
tice of reduction in express rates from
St. Paul. A cut of twenty-five cents per
hundred has been made, making the new
rate 1878 per hundred from St. Paul and
Minneapolis to jamestown. Apropor-
tionate reduction has been made to all
points along the line OF the Northern Pa
cifc. The special rate on produ ce was
also slightly cut.
Valley City Times: The first time in a
year some noisy characters we're on the
streets at late hour last night. Feeling
ing hilarious mood they got wheel
barrow and rode each other up and down
past the Kindred hotel, yelling as they
rode. Judge Francis was stopping at the
hotel, and being disturbed by their noise
he got up, opened his window, and in the
still hour of the night gave those rognes
some sound advice.
Bismarck Tribune: Ninety thousand
dollars worth OF the six hundred thou
sand dollars worth of bonds now being
issued by the territory we're attested yes
terday by Secretary Mccormack and for
warded by Treasurer Raymond to the
owners in Chicago. Itwas a rather insig-
nifcant pile Of paper but the express
company gets dollar thousand or $500
for transporting the package and insuring
it's safe delivery.
Large numbers Of farmers are now put
ting up hay in the hills to the west of the
city. Martin Van Derheuvel has already
cut about eighty tons and calculates to-
put up about half as much again. Some
Of the jamestown parties who put up SO
largea quantity last year will do some
extensive work in that hne again this
year. Although it is estimated that there
will only be half a crop there is still
enough to supply this vicinity.
The farmers in the neighborhood Of
Spiritwood lake have organized for the
giving OF basket picnic Fourth of July,
with the following officers: A. E. Will
Jams, president; Kasper Wojcik, vice-pres-
ident; John Fried, treasurer; Herman
Schultz, assistant treasurer; Edward
Albright, marshal of the day. The picnic
will occur opposite the Gray brothers
farm on the north side of the lake. Ev-
erybody is invited. A grand ball will be
given in the evening.
Sixty-Five Short.
Fargo Republican.
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